King Lars Porsena (also spelled Porsenna) was the Etruscan monarch of Clusium (modern Chusi, Tuscany) during the transitional period in which Rome changed its...
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
(Bust of Marcus Aurelius c. Antonine period, AD 161-169, photographed by Ad Meskens, via Creative Commons)
Marcus Annius Verus was born in the year 121...
This painting, by the Flemish artist David Ryckaert III (c. 1612-1661), was inspired by one of the fables attributed to the legendary tale-teller, Aesop,...
